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(No Modeh) l n T. B. FITZPATRIGK. WAM. I No. 549,351. Patented Nov. 5, 1895.

' UNITED. STATESV PATENT QFFICE.

THOMAS-Bf. FITZPATRICK, cFfNEWToN, ivrAssAcHUsETTs.

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SIEEGIIE'IGZA'IION` forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,351, dated November 5,-1895.

Application filed July 3, 1895. Serial No. 554,848. (No model.)

` a citizen of the United States, residing at Newton, inthe county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a neur and useful Improvement in Ohildrens llraists, of

which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, .forming a part'of this specification, in explaining its nature.

The invention relates to that class of childrens waists which are used for supporting the drawers, pants, skirt, and other garments ing character.V i

In practicing my invention I. first make,

preferably' by knitting, an elastic garment .Which has a back preferably in one piece, a neck-aperture, armholes, and a front in two parts, one of which isadapted to'overlap theA other and to be4 attached' to it by buttons. This forms the base or body,4 so to speak, of the garment but `when made of the requi.-

site yarn and jthinness it is too. elastic and not strong enough to render it suitable for a garment-supporting Waist; and it `is desirable that it be stronger upon the lines ofthe strains,

. While4 yet yielding, audit is desirable, also,

that the lapping sections of the front, which are secured together by buttons and buttonholes, be made of suiiicientstrength to properly hold the buttons and permit the fan-ina strains.

4-5 .the garment bel strengthened to and about tion 'of suitablebuttonholes and without taking away from this section of ihc garment a suicie'nt or desirable 'elastic or yielding property, as it is essential that this section of the garment. also'yield to' accommodate itself to It isalso desirable that the side of the a'rnxholes without aifectin g its elasticity toany further extent than is desired,V and the manner in whichlobtaln these results i Willbe described in connection with the d rawings, wherein-- Figure 1 1s a view inrperspective of the bod y means of buttons attached near thelower` of the Waist as it leaves the knitting-machine. Y Fig; 2 is a View in perspective of the front ot' the waist completed. Fig. 3 is a similar View of the back of the waist. Fig. 11 is a section upon the dotted line it 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail View in secton. l y A y'In Fig. l I have represented the body ot' the garment as it comes from the knitting-ma chine. It has the back A in one piece,`the divided front A' in the two parts d a', a suitable aperture a2 for'the neck, and apertures i sections which are preferably heavier than the fabric ofwhich thev body is made and which when applied to the body reduce iis elasticity and at'the saine time strengthen this light-weight elastic body strengthening it, and these strengthening reducing-sections are arranged, also, where they can act `to hold the various buttons with wlfieh the 'waist must be provided and upon the lines of the waist most subjected to strainand'wear.

Some of these strengthcoing-sections are best 'edgy of *the part d of the divided front.

These sectionsnre relaii\'el\narro\i", extend7 preferably, the full lengtlfof the garment nl There are two Sections,

ilul edge, and are united by sewing to 'ihe boil of the nrarlnent b i. the inner elastic Scam.

n D u Vl: and by the outer elastic sca-in b", tire edge olf the garment and the edge of the piece being preferably stitched in by the Seam b', as I represented in Fig. 5. The section `l is siniilarly attached by elastic seams 4b2 b3 to the edge of the pari d' ot the front, ihese twoad 1 dedstrengthening-sections Bf l' being in thel nature of elastic iacings, and to one'of these i'hebuttons C are secured by stitches which pass through both the edge of the body and the sirengthening-seetlone, and in the other the` buttonholes (7, extending through the ev lge and the strengthening-section, are made .und upon a rerticul line or lineparallel with the edge of Ithe part n', instead of erosswise il as is common, as l have discovered that the ordinary liuttonholes in these elastic edges when subject to strain open and become disengaged from the buttons, while the vertical buitonholc when subjected to strain in this.

yieldingr edge tends' to hug the button and hold with even greater tenacity, It will be vseen thatwith the edges ofthe two parts of' the front thus formed when united by buttonsand buttonholes there is elasticity between each pair and'in all directions, cornbiued at the saine time with suitable strength' and wearing properties, and this perinits'the use at the front of the garment of the two lower buttons, which I have lettered C2 and C3, respectively, for use with the front buttonholes of the wastbands of drawers and pants or other garments, so that any strain which may be brought to bear upon this part of the waist by these garments does not act to drag the entire'iront of the garment downward, as it would were it inelastic, but' yields .and distributes the strain equally'to other "parts of the waist.

'.lhe reinforcing strips or sections which are applied to the outer sections of the body are lettered D, -I), D2, D3, and D4. the sections D 1)' are preferably of a length to extend over the shoulders downward upon -er:-,.bly thicker and. heavier than the fabric of the front of the body and parallel with each of the edges ofthe part it is on and down the back of the body in a diagonal direction, crossing near or slightly above the center .0f the back. '..lhese sections are each made of 'one length or piece andare elastic, and are prefthe waist, in order to strengthen it and somewhat limit its elasticity, and they are secured or attached to the body by an elastic .overstitchingalong each edge thereof from one end to the other, and they not only serve to `urengthen the waist, but they also act-in conjunction with l'the waistin receiving at' the front the waist-buttons C* (I5 and at the rear the waist-buttons C C.

The sections D2 D;z are preferably wider than the sections D D'. rlhey are also 'elastic and'preferably thicker and stronger than the material of the. body and at the upper end are split or cut into the two parts d d', which extendA about each armhole, respectively, and are secured to the body by elastic stitching about the armhole, the remainder of the section extending downwardly from thearmhole tothe bottom of the Garment, and the `whole serving to reinforce and strengthen the garment about the ai'nholes with an elastic strengthening-section, and also the sides of the garment from at the same time acting, in connection with the body of the waist, tosupport the waistbntton's. C12Q upon the one side and C5 C body.

Of these i the armholes down, and,

upon the other. The section D4 is also elastic and preferably of the width of the sections D D and of a stronger and heavier make than the body of the waist, and itis secured to the back between the Vlower back portions of the sections D D' by elastic over- 4stitching,v its upper end beingI under the scctions DDI where they cross euch other and being united therewith at that point totheV This section, 'like the side sections D2 Ds'and .the sections D D', limits the elasticity of the body and strengthens it and supports with the body the two rear buttons -Cw Cl.

The edge of the neck-opening andA also thev lower edge may be finished with an elastic' binding of any character. It will 'be'seen that the waist as thus described has two lines of buttons'for supporting garments, the lower of wh'l'supports the drawers or underskirt and [he upper of which the pants or outer skirt'ipplt will be also seen that the Waist is yielding or elastic throughout and readily adapts itself to the ystrains of the lower garments occasioned by the change in the position of the body, arms, or legs, and that this saves both the waist and the lower garments from inj ury and prevents the buttons from being torn from the waist and buttonholesfrom being split out, and it also-provides a garment that is easylto the wearer in that the strains are distributedand unequal drafts or pulls Aupon any section prevented. 7l'he strengthening-sections may be of one thickness, in which event the ma# terial ofwhich they are made may be of a IOO thicker and firmery and less elastic nature to the back the strains and pulls'upon the.

buttons.

I would not be understood as limiting the invention to the structure in which the elastic strips or sections are' heavier than the material of the body of the garment. i Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters lIlat- 1. A waist of the character specified having a body` portionhelasti'c throughout, elastic strips or sections connected therewith to make a part thereof extending lengthwise the waist, the whole forming a reinforced or strengthencd structure elastic or yielding throughout, and buttons or other attaching devices at or near the lower vends of said strips or sect-ions, as andfor the purposeset forth.

2. In awais't of the character specified, the

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body portion comprising tlie back A and the strips or sections D2, Ds applied to the sides divided front A both elastic throughout, the of the Waist, all as and for the purposes Vset elastic Strips or sections B, B applied to the fort-l1.

edges of the divided front, the elastic'strips THOMAS B. FITZPATRICK. 5 o1' sections D, D applied to the said front lVitnesses:

and back as specified the elastic strip o1 sec- F. F. RAYMOND, 2

tion D4 applied to the back, and the elastic J. M. DOLAN. 

